Waterbury evening Democrat., 1887-12-07

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 IOO6 race that 08y, \
 and he now took N
 another, shorter, portant. The en- NW8 zine was headed NJ Df W already toward ArruoNy ,fuppuy
 Chattanooga with
 only one car attached, and in the most favorable position. There was abundance of volunteers, and no need of explana- tions, for now everybody was sure that the impressed powder story was false and absrrd-had thought so all the timei Conductor Smith, of the Rome train, gave so quickly that Murphy saw them start and had to run at his best speed to keep from being left behind! Fuller probably made mistake in not taking the New York, as the other engine was much inferior, with small wheels and incapable of great speed. But the distance in which they could use it turned out to be short, and being driven at the height of its power, it is not proba- ble that much was lost; while the time spent in changing the freight trains out of the way might have cost the Ooste- naula bridge.
 A mile or more from Kingston they found some ties on the track at the place where we cut the wires, and were obliged to stop and throw them off. Of course an effort was made to send message from Kingston to Chattanooga as soon as Fuller arrived, but we had cut the wire too quick for them. Continuing on the way, they came in Q few minutes to the place where the track had been torn up. A southern account says sixty yards had been re- | moved; but this is gross exaggeration. Track lifting was only intended to make | the road temporarily impossible, and our hr0lrop rail on fhic as dozen. Had there been a regular track layer with the pursuers a rail would not have caused great delay, but it was | in all cases sufficient for it's purpose on | this day.
 Though we had heard the whistle of the pursuers, they neither heard nor saw us at this point, and came near wreck; but they were on their guard because of the similar break which had caused their fall from the hand car, and by great effort and revers- ing the engine they were able to prevent an accident. But their progress seemed to be completely barred. AS usual no one but Fuller and Murphy seemed to have the least idea what to do; in fact during the whole day every hopeful plan of pur- suit sprung from their indomitable energy. Too much credit tfrom the Confederate point of view) cannot be given to them. They were already practiced in foot travel, and once more set out in that manner; all the rest, remaining behind, had no further influence on the fortunes of the day. But at full speed the two pedestrians pushed over the slippery and muddy road and through the driving rain. They felt sure of finding the freight train, or the passen- ger, either at Adairsville or further on this side. Should they be obliged to take the terribly fatiguing run to the station itself they would probably be too late; but they were determined to do their utmost.
 Notice how all things seemed to work against us on this eventful day. If we had not stopped to take up this rail at all, we would have had abundant time to reach the freight and start it south, as we did; and the freight train running south, and Fuller's train running at full speed would have produced a frightful collision, which could scarcely have been prevented;
 for the freight man had been iSduccd ts set out by the representations of Andrews
 and Fuller on his part probably believed that Andrews was still running on slow time and had not reached tho station above. The stopping to lift this rail, as il turned out, was probably the greatest
 mistake Andrews made. On the other hand if the freight had waited for Fuller so great delay would have ensued tha, the Oostenaula bridge, which we were now very near. would have been in flames But the pursuing pair had scarcely beer
 well breathed in this third foot race wher they heard the welcome whistle of loco
 motive. Fuller, who was ahead, stopped in @ place where the view was clear, ana
 gave the signal of danger; the freight was checked up as quickly as possible, ana
 while Fuller told in few words what hai
 happened and what he wanted, Murphy
 ho hod hoo, dicfoncad cor,oo r,r, and fho1 sprang on board and took command
 With all the power of the Texas, whicf
 was one of the very best engines on tn.
 road, and the best the pursuers had ye
 obtained, they pushed backward toward Adairsville and learned that Andrew. had left few minutes before. Fuller took his place on the last freight car, whici
 was now the iron. vf the tfi, tfaiiT,,, ard directed ! their movements. Murphy was th' official superior of all the engineers on tn, , road. He stood by the lever to rendel assistance when needed and all his order were cheerfully obeyed.
 It was not long till they were back a the station, when Fuller jumped off, threw
 the switch over to turn the freight carr . which were detached at the same time and allowed to run with their own mo
 mentum on the side track; and then a. |, the last one passed by, he changed tn, , | SWltcn Dack, SpranR on the engine anC
 outran the cars, which continued to move
 parallel with him! This was quick work
 They now had a comparatively small crew, but they were all armed with guns
 and loaded on the tender and engine alone It was true that the engine was reversed
 but this, while it is somewhat less handy
 does not diminish strength or speed. The
 first question which confronted the pur
 suers was whether to risk running up te Calhoun in the face of the delayed passen
 ger train. They did not hesitate, as the
 way had been made clear for them. Ii
 was less than ten minutes since Andrew
 had left, promising to run slowly and
 carefully. and if he kept his word, ht
 could be overhauled and inclosed between the two trains before he could reach Cal
 houn; and even if he did not the danger
 of collision would be borne by the trair
 ahead and not by the following one. Int marvellous flight which Andrews had
 made was not, of course, dreamed of Had Andrews been able to persuade tn, passenger conductor to push out, as h.
 did the freight conductor, Fuller's ana